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Review from LA Yoga Magazine: Easy Yoga Stretches with Audrey Walzer is the perfect DVD for those who desperately need the physical benefits of Yoga, but may feel overwhelmed by the philosophy or athleticism of many Yoga practices. The 240-minute DVD is broken up into three types of practice sequences: those for home, office, and travel. Each section is divided into both a step-by-step instruction of the sequence and a guided practice set to music for a fluid experience. Waltzer’s offers a practical and therapeutic approach. The postures...

Camarillo Acorn NewspaperHealth & Wellness Section, 10/21/2011By Daniel Wolowicz camarillo@theacorn.com Audrey Walzer is a yoga instructor who understands that those who can contort themselves into a human pretzel aren’t afraid to step into a yoga studio. It’s the folks who have a hard time bending over to tie their shoes that the owner of Camarillo Yoga invites to come to her studio on Santa Rosa Road. “We call it user-friendly yoga because it is not a lot of young, Gumby-like people doing pretzely things,” said Walzer, a longtime...

Our students voted Camarillo Yoga Center “Ventura County’s Best” yoga studio in this year’s Ventura County Reader Newspaper Poll. Some have never been to another yoga school, others have been to many- all who voted cared enough to spend the time writing in 30 categories of local businesses they appreciated, including Camarillo Yoga, and including me as their teacher. In our case, I think the idea of “besting”anyone else isn’t the sentiment that motivated us. When I sit on my block at the front of...

Ventura County Starby Alicia Doyle Photo by Karen Quincy Loberg Children who practice yoga are more relaxed, function better in and out of school and sleep better at night, according to yoga teacher Julie Markovitz. “Children receive many benefits from having a yoga practice,” said Markovitz, of Agoura Hills. “As children learn age-appropriate poses, they build confidence and self-esteem in addition to developing strength, balance, coordination and inner calm. Yoga is fun, playful and creative and provides a safe...

“Laughter Yoga” has been scientifically proven to reduce stress and increase “happiness chemicals” in your brain, and was recently featured in Time Magazine. Start your weekend with a laugh that’s good for you! This class is free and offered for community well-being by Roni, a certified “Laughter Yoga” instructor! Learn more about our Laughter Yoga classes...

Camarillo Acorn NewspaperBy Michael Coons HOLD STEADY—Jennifer Baker of Camarillo and her daughter, Ceri, practice their stance during a family yoga session at CamarilloYoga Center on Sept. 29. In celebration of the yoga studio’s 11th anniversary, all proceeds from the day’s class will be donated to Camarillo’s RAINTransition Living Center, a facility for homeless women and families. MICHAEL COONS/Acorn Newspapers Learn more about our Family Yoga...

95-year-old stays active and healthy at local yoga studio by Mark Storer Special to the Acorn George Benson has been active all his life. He ran a floor care and cleaning business in the San Fernando Valley from 1977 to 2001 and has always done his best to keep moving every day. The lifestyle has worked well for the soon-tobe 96-year-old Leisure Village resident. Benson said he felt he was slowing down about 10 years ago when he had a back issue—a problem that led him to try yoga and a whole new way to move his body. “My wife, Joyce, and I...

This holiday season, remember: Your good health is the best gift of all! “Why are you saying, “Do you mind moving your leg?” I don’t mind. I want to do this. I love to do this.” These words are gifts from my good friend and yoga student George Benson, who practiced yoga with me regularly until a week before he passed away in August, at the age of 96. George’s determination to keep up his strength and live life to the fullest, despite limitations due to an internal issue last year, inspired all of us at Camarillo Yoga Center. How could...

The richly gifted and world-renowned cellist, Yo-Yo Ma, ever humble, might not describe himself as a yogi, (especially after showing a picture of himself bowing low to Meryl Streep and commenting that he is “not so flexible”) but the essence of yoga saturated his recent talk and performance, “My Life in Music,” at Santa Barbara’s Granada Theatre. It’s hard to know where to start (and stop) in describing what a wonderful evening this was, but here’s the quote he had visible throughout the evening, from the American poet, T.S. Eliot: “We...

The title is a quote from John Kelly, a sociologist, and excerpted from an article by Elisha Goldstein, PhD from her article in the Huffington Post, “The Essential Ingredient You May be Missing for Happiness.” The article was posted on our Camarillo Yoga Friends page on Facebook today, by Alene Schultz-Murphy. Thanks Alene, for waking me up from my computer-work fixation, and reminding me to do something just for the fun of it today. Bob & I are planning to play tennis, which we rarely do, despite the fact that Bob coaches...

Today’s Classes

8:30 amYoga 1-2

10:15 amUltra Gentle Yoga

5:00 pmYoga 1-2

6:30 pmYoga 2 and 3

Easy Yoga Stretches for Home, Office & Travel, by Audrey Walzer

I am so happy to finally provide the DVD my yoga students have asked me for over the years: short, simple stretch routines that anyone can do at home, at work, even on an airplane or at a freeway rest stop!

My real students, (not super flexible yoga models!) show you effective ways to release muscular tightness and pain from athletics, computer use, driving… life in general! I teach you how to do the practices in detail, to help you avoid some of the common errors most people make, and receive honest-to-goodness long-term benefits.
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Since 1997, the RAIN Transitional Living Center (RAIN) has provided housing and services to families and single adults in Ventura County, California, to help with the transition from homelessness to permanent housing. www.raincommunities.org